Israel says Islamic State’s Sinai assault aimed to help Hamas get arms
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel accused Hamas on Tuesday of supporting last week’s assaults by Islamic State affiliates on Egyptian forces in the Sinai in hope of freeing up arms smuggling to the Gaza Strip.
United States welcomes Afghan-Taliban talks: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States welcomes talks between the Afghan government and Taliban, the White House said on Tuesday after Afghanistan announced it had sent a peace delegation to Pakistan for talks.
Canada Valentine’s Day massacre suspects appear in court
HALIFAX (Reuters) – A Canadian man and American woman accused of plotting a shopping mall massacre in the Atlantic Canadian city of Halifax appeared in court on Tuesday for a preliminary hearing before a trial begins on the planned mass shooting.
Three men gored as Spain’s San Fermin bull-running week begins
PAMPLONA, Spain (Reuters) – Three men were gored and 10 others taken to hospital on the first day of Pamplona’s week-long San Fermin festival in the northern Spanish city where bulls chase runners in red scarves through the streets.
Burundi considers response after African nations seek vote delay
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – Burundi officials will discuss their response on Tuesday to a call by African nations to delay a presidential election by two weeks to July 30, a presidential spokesman said.
‘Real risk’ of famine in Yemen as death toll passes 3,000
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Conflict-ridden Yemen, where more than 3,000 people have been killed and one million displaced since war broke out in March, is at risk of famine, aid chiefs said on Tuesday, the day after the conflict’s highest on…
New UN development goals will drive nations ‘nuts’: Indian economist
NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An Indian economist and member of a key government panel which formulates policy on social issues slammed the United Nations’ new development goals on Tuesday, saying that having so many goals and targets would …
Quake-hit Nepal gears up to tackle stunting in children
THECHO, Nepal (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Shanti Maharjan, who gave birth to a baby girl 10 days ago, has spent the last two months living under corrugated iron sheets with her husband and five others after two major earthquakes reduced her mud-and-…
German Vice-Chancellor takes swipe at Britain over asylum seekers
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel criticized Britain on Tuesday for not taking part in a European plan to share the burden of taking in desperate people fleeing war and poverty in North Africa and the Middle East.
French forces kill commander with al Qaeda branch in Mali
PARIS/NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) – France’s army confirmed on Tuesday that its special forces had killed a prominent commander with al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), the group’s north African branch, during a weekend operation in the northern Mali regi…
